Gas-regulator.



n6. 635,733. Patented Oct. 3|, i899.

w. s. ADAMS. V GAS REGUFATOR.

(Application filed Aug. 9, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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ATTORNEY IVILSON S. ADAMS, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LUTHER HAMMICK, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

GAS- REG U LATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,733, dated October 31, 1899.

Application filed August 9, 1898. Serial No. 688,150. (No model.)

i To all whom it may concern: ter of a vertical tubular wall G, which has Be it known that I,WILSON S. ADAMS, aciti= its lower end supported by the casing A. zen of the United States of America, residing The upper end of the stem F is pivotally se- 7 in Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte cured to the lower ends of two links H, the 55 and State of Kansas, have invented a new and upper ends of which are in turn pivotally seuseful Gas-Regulator, of which the following cured to the right end of a horizontal lever I, is a specification, reference being had therewhich is pivotally mounted by means of a in to the accompanying drawings. pin J between two horizontal inwardly-ex- My invention relates to improvements in tending supporting-arms K, the outer ends 60 IO gas-regulators. v of which are secured to the inner periphery The object of my invention is to provide a of the casing. The arms K are provided with gas-regulator which will deliver to the service several transverse openings corresponding,

gas at a uniform pressure regardless of any respectively, to similarly-disposed holes arvariation of the degree of pressure in the supranged along the lever I and adapted to have 65 ply. inserted therein the pin J. By this disposi- My invention has further for its object the tion of the said pin-holes the fulcrum-point providing of a gas-regulator the construction of the lever I may be varied to suit required of which insures extreme sensitiveness in acconditions. The left end of the lover I is tion and which may be readily adjusted to deprovided with a longitudinal slot, through 70 liver gas at any desired pressure. which passes apin L, which is secured in the My invention provides, further, a gas-regu bifurcated upper end of a vertical rod M, the 1 i lator so constructed as to beeasily taken apart lower end of which is secured centrally to the and cleaned. upper end of a common inverted-cup-shaped Myinvention provides, further, certain new float N, the lower end of which is immersed 75 and useful features of construction hereinafin a liquid sealing material, preferably merter fully described and claimed. cury,contained in an annular chamberformed In the accompanying drawings, illustrative betweenthe inner periphery of the casing of my invention, Figure I represents a cen- A and the enlarged tubular wall 0, the lower tral vertical sectional view, and Fig. II rep end of which is supported by the casing A 80 3o resents a plan View with the cover removed. in a similar manner to the means of sup- Similar letters of reference indicate similar porting the smaller tubular wall G. The merparts. cury sealing liquid also encircles the said tui v A indicates the casing,which may be of any bular Wall G. Secured to the stem F, near its desired conformation, but which it is desirupper end, is an inverted cup P, which encir- 85 able to have tubular in form, the top being cles the wall G without touching it and has open and the bottom closed. its lower end located within the sealing-mer- B denotes the cover, fitted to the top of the cury. The function of this inverted cup is casing A and removable therefrom. Any desimply to prevent the escape of gas around sirable means may be employed for securing the stem F and to dispense with packing 9o the cover against removal from the casing: around the stem, which would make so much As shown in Fig. I, the casing is provided friction as to destroy the sensitiveness of the near its side at the bottom with aninlet-pipe regulator. C, which is internally screw-threaded and Communicating with the interior of the easwhich has secured in it near the top a valveing A, near the bottom and at its side, is a 5 seat D. The said valve-seat is preferably discharge-pipe Q, which is connected with the externally screw-threaded around its periphservice-pipe of the house. cry, so as to be readily removed from the Secured to the upper side of the leverIand pipe C for the purpose of cleaning. Adapted located one at each side of the supporting-pin to seat itself in the seat D is a valve E, se- J are two vertical rods R, the upper ends of 100 cured to the lower end of a vertical valvewhich are connected by a horizontal rod S,

stem F, which extends through the axial cenupon which is mounted a longitudinally-slidable balance-weight '1, adapted to be secured at any desired position upon the rod S and by means of which the proper adjustment for operating the machine is secured. This con struction enables one to move the weight T to the right or left of the fulcrum-point of the lever I, thus throwing the weight of the counterbalance with or against the weight of the float N and provides a wide range of regulation of pressure of the gas passing into the service-pipes.

My invention is operated as follows: The regulator is first secured, by means of the pipe 0, to thepipe leading from the meter, and

the pipe Q is connected with the service-pipes.

Gas then being admitted will cause the float N to rise, thus elevating the left end of the lever I and depressing the right end thereof, forcing the valve-E toward the valve-seat D and tending to close the same and shut off the gas. Any closing off of the passage of gas out of the pipe Q will increase the pressure of gas within the casing below the float N, causing it to rise, and thus close the entrance in the pipe C, while the contrary effect will be occasioned by letting out more gas through the pipe Q. When it is desired to take out the working parts for cleaning, it is but necessary to remove the cover B from the casing, after which the float N, sealing-cup P, and all parts connected therewith may he removed by disconnectin the ends of the supporting-arms K from the casing-wall, the diameter of the valve E being smaller than the distance between the inner sides of the tubular wall G. It will be noted that all the operative parts outside of the valve E are located outside of the part of'the casing in which the gas is contained, and therefore the working parts are free from ,the injurious deposits fromthe gas, rendering the regulator not liable to the causes of disorder to which this class of regulators is usually exposed. It will also be noted that in the construction of the regulator no part is formed so as to provide a trap adapted to catch condensed products of the gas, but that all such matter forming in the service-pipes will pass through the pipe Q into the casing, from which it will pass into the meter through the valve-opening in the pipe 0.

My invention is capable of many n1odilications without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is p 1. In a gas-regulator, the combination with the casing comprising an upper and a lower chamber, the lower chamber being provided with inlet and outlet openings for the passage of gas and the two chambers connecting through two tubular walls around which is adapted to be retained a sealing liquid, of a valve controlling the gas-inlet opening, a float encircling one of the said tubular walls and connected therethrough to the valve, a float encircling the other tubular wall, and a lever pivotally supported above the floats and connected thereto at its ends, substantially as described.

2. In a gas-regulator, the combination with the casing inclosing two chambers one an airchamber and the other a gas-chamber, the gas-chamber being provided with gas inlet and'outlet openings, and two openings connecting the two chambers, of two suitablysealed floats closing the said two openings respectively, a lever pivoted in the air-chamber between the two floats to which itis connected atits ends, and a valve controlling the gas-inlet opening and operated by the movement of the said lever, substantially as described.

3. In a gas-regulator, the combination with the casing inclosing two chambers, one an air and the othera gas chamber, the two chambers being connected by two openings and the gas-chamber provided with gas inlet and outlet openings, of two suitably-sealed floats closing the two openings respectively, a lever connected at its ends with the two floats respectively and pivoted to a suitable support located in the air-chamber, a valve controlling the said gas-inlet opening, and a rod extending through one of the two openings connecting the two chambers and connecting the lever with the valve, substantially as described.

l. In a gas-regulator, the combination with the casing inclosing two chambers, one an air and the other a gas chamber, the gas-chamber being provided with gas inlet and outlet openings, and the two chambers being connected by two openings, of a valve controlling the gas-inlet opening, a float closing one of the openings leading from the gas-chamber to the airchamber, a rod extending through the other of said openings and connected at one end with the said valve, a lever pivoted in the air-chamber and connected at one end with the other end of the rod and connected at the other end to the said float, a float carried by the rod and closing the opening in which the rod is located, and means for preventing the passage of gas around the two floats into the air-chamber, substantially as described.

5. In a gas-regulator, the combination with a gas-chamber provided with an inlet and an outlet opening, of a valve controlling the said inlet-opening, two openings leading from the gas-chamber to the outside thereof, two suitably-sealed floats closing the said two openings and subjected always to the same gaspressure relatively, a lever connecting the two floats, and means by which the move ment of the floats is made to operate the said valve, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILSON S. ADAMS.

\Vitnesses:

WARREN D. Honsn, M. 0. LONG. 

